Bathing appliance



W. C. DYER.

BATHING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25. 1921.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

INVENTOR i I Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

UNITED STATES WARREN C. DYER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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' application filed January 25, 1921. Serial No. 439,808.

To all whom it my concern;

Be it known that I, WARREN C; DYER, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at ,St. Louis, in the county of St; llouis and State ofMissouri," have invented new and useful Improvements in BathingAppliances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bathing appliancesland more particularlyto adevice, an object of which is to enable a bather to easily andsatisfactorily cleanse or bathe his own back.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bathing apparatus, asspecified, which comprises a bowed handle having a gripping portioncarried thereby comprisin a stationary gripping plate and an a justable0r movable gripping-plate, thesaid plates being adapted to securely gripa bath brush, 2 sponge, towel or -the like, and also to pro vide meansfor securely holdin the adjustable' gripping plate in adjuste position.Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription and in the accompanying drawings wherein:

a Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved bathing appliance.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bathing ap hance. ig. 3 is a verticalsection through the lg athing appliance taken on the line 3-3 of Fig, 4is a cross 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the im roved bathingappliance comprises a. handle 1. which is formed of wires 2 and 3twisted together for the major portion of the length of the handle 1. Ahand ip 4 is mounted upon one end of the andle 1 and the handle 1 isbent into, substantially, the shape of an invertedU, as clearly shownin'Fi 2 of the drawings having the'ends of t e wires 2 and 3, re-

section taken on the line I mote from the hand grip 4, extendingparallel and in engaging relation, to a point in proximity to t eir endsat which point "they are bent outwardly to space the terminal lengths 5and 6 in parallel spaced relation. A grippin plate 7 is rigidlyattached, by vmeans o collars 8, to the ends "of the arallel portions 5and 6. The grip 'ing 'plhte'i, preferably has an upstanding a auge 9along one edge and lip standing successfully reached without the use ofa flanges 10 along each end, the said-flanges being provided to permiteflective enga ment between the plate 7 and a bath brush. A secondgripping plate 11 is adjustably supported by the parallel terminallengths 5 and 6, it being connected to these lengths by collars 12, oneat each end of the plate 11. A stem 13 is connected to the plate 11 andextends longitudinally of the parallel engaging portions of the wires 2and 3 of which the handle 1 is formed, the concave 86 space between theparallel engaging lengths. forming a guide for the stem 13, as clearly.shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings A metal strap 14 is carried by the paralel engaging lengths of the Wires 2 and 3 and it has a bindin cam 15eccentrically pivoted thereto. T e binding cam 15 preferably has aconcave perimeter as shown at 16, and a handle 17 is connected to thebinding cam for rotating it 'upon its pivot to bring it into clampingengagement with the stem 13, to clamp-the stem between the cam 15 andthe parallel enga in lengths of the wires 2 and 3 to secure y liold theadjusted clamping plate 11 in position. 0 The handle 1 is bent or curvedinto, substantially, the shape of an inverted U to facilitate'thebathing and drying of the portions of a persons back which are notbathing appliance and the handle 1 is of suflicient rigidity to permitit to be placed over the shoulder of the user with a hand grip 4 at the"front while the back my be thoroughly bathed or dried with asponge,brush or towel, securely held in place by the clamping plates 7 and 11.Owing to the particular shape of the bathing appliance all parts of theusers back may be conveniently and satisfactorily reached.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore, I do not desire to belimited in any manner'except as setforth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described the invention what I claim is: F

1. A bathing appliance comprising handle having parallel terminals, astation- 1.05

ary' gripping plate secured to said terminals, an adjustable rippingplate shdable on the. terminals, an a stem projecting from the 5.miljusteiblv plate, and' a device fc ir forcing with the handle v Saidstem into ti ht frictiqgalenga ement or holdingithe' adfilstablegripping plate in position. i

2. A bathing gpplia nce comprising a wire handle-terminatmgin a pair ofspaced me m te and movingparallel to the handle, and. a cam deviceconnected to' the handle to force the stem into tight bindaction withthe handle.

in ln testimony whereofl afli x my signature. I fnpping plate sepured tqthe} members, an-a justabler plate slidable on WARREN 0.' DYER.

